Innovation
Will robots take your jobs? Why this is such a hard question to answer
A new report says Philadelphia will do quite well compared to other places in the U.S. as more work gets automated.
6 years ago
How an Iranian immigrant and a Jewish Philly native joined forces to eliminate HIV in mice
The researchers, who met decades ago, share a lifelong passion to stop AIDS.
6 years ago
Philly natives enter the e-scooter wars with $100k homegrown startup, Verve S
Two Philly natives have invested $100,000 in dockless e-scooters. Now they just need their hometown and state to legalize them.
6 years ago
Listen 2:05Why is creating electronic canes for the blind so hard?
People who are visually impaired know what works for them and what doesn’t. They’d rather innovate their own technologies.
6 years ago
Listen 11:23Can Philadelphia be the next big biotech hub?
Tens of thousands of industry leaders came to the city this week for BIO, an international convention. Local boosters pitched Philly’s advantages.
6 years ago
These Philly architects want to build a house in your alley
As architects seek ways to squeeze housing into crowded Philly neighborhoods, they are turning to what ISA principal Brian Phillips calls the “leftover lots.”
6 years ago
Could the future be built out of trash? A plan to turn plastic, paper into wallboard
Continuus Materials, a Texas-based company with a Northeast Philadelphia plant, will begin producing wallboard out of recycled flexible plastic and paper.
6 years ago
Ugly fruits and veggies delivered to your door — stoop thieves be damned
Watch out, Philly. More ugly fruits and veggies are coming to town.
6 years ago
Juul nicotine hit may be ‘worst for kids, best for smokers’
The brainchild of two Stanford University design students, Juul launched in 2015 and quickly leapfrogged over its competitors.
6 years ago
Be wary of robot emotions; ‘simulated love is never love’
When a robot "dies," does it make you sad? For lots of people, the answer is "yes," and that tells us something important, and potentially worrisome.
6 years ago
FAA certifies Google’s Wing drone delivery company to operate as an airline
By developing delivery drones — and a retail system that would connect customers with local merchants — Google's parent company is directly competing with Amazon.
6 years ago
Chances are you retrieved one of the 26 billion robocalls made last year. We discuss robocalls, what's being done to stop them, and how to protect yourself.
Air Date: April 4, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:31CHOP developing Pediatric Cell Atlas to better understand childhood health and disease
The atlas would map every cell in a child’s body and advance understanding of how and why pediatric diseases occur.
6 years ago
An insulin-delivery system that's painless — and comes in pill form
A team of scientists from MIT have developed a system to deliver insulin that actually still uses a needle — but is so small you can swallow it and the injection doesn't hurt.
6 years ago
Haagen Dazs, Procter & Gamble to offer reusable containers in Pa., N.J.
Recycling company Terracycle will pick up the glass and plastic bottles and cartons from grocery stores, or your home, to be cleaned and refilled.
6 years ago